Hearing Uchiha Takashi's words of encouragement, the Uchiha researcher immediately straightened his back and became much more energetic.
Uchiha Takashi looked at these people, stroked his chin, and thought that if gunpowder technology continued to develop normally, it would eventually be able to create normal firearms.
But who knows how many years that will be? To prevent these people from being misled, he felt it necessary for him to provide general guidance on the research direction.
Since the basic prototype of chemistry has already been developed, Uchiha Takashi only needs to point out a general direction and then provide details to prevent pitfalls. This would greatly accelerate technological development.
Thinking of this, Uchiha Takashi waved his hand, signaling a researcher to come with him.
The research team leader followed, looking completely bewildered. Uchiha Takashi grabbed him and whispered, "Do you know what a flint and steel is?"
Upon hearing the name, the research team leader paused for a moment, then said, "Uh, I know, flint, there's a mine nearby that can collect it, is there a problem?"
Uchiha Takashi thought for a moment, searching his memory... Good, he doesn't know the manufacturing process of flintlock pistols. Fine, I'll just give you the general idea.
"Have you considered what would happen if we didn't use a fuse to ignite the gunpowder, but instead used a flintlock pistol? Look at the handguns we make now; they require a fuse to be lit manually, and their power is extremely weak."
What if we could place a flint inside, and then install a device on the outside, so that we could directly use the flint inside to ignite the gunpowder?
Upon hearing this, the research group leader's eyes lit up. "Great idea! If we build the flint inside and then put something on the outside, a simple tap on the flint will ignite the gunpowder inside, eliminating the need for external ignition!"
This way, we can create a fully enclosed structure, which can significantly increase the amount of medicine inserted, thus greatly increasing its lethality. How come I didn't think of that? As expected of the clan leader, your mind is truly brilliant!
Uchiha Takashi waved his hand with his eyes closed. "Hey, keep it low-key, how did I become the clan leader if I'm not very bright? Alright, that's all I have to say, you can figure it out yourself."
I'll take this pistol for now. Although it's not very useful, mass-producing it and distributing it to ordinary samurai as a concealed weapon or a last resort would be a good option.
"Then please take care, Chieftain. I won't see you off any further..."
Uchiha Takashi Earth Flow of the research institute with considerable satisfaction, feeling that even the weather was exceptionally nice, and the sun was shining so brightly.
However, before he could take two steps, a ghostly voice suddenly came from the side. "Sir, are you done with your inspection? Shouldn't you be back in your office to review the documents?"
Uchiha Takashi shuddered and abruptly turned his head to see his Nara Clan assistant, who had been running into the office, approaching. The assistant said with a somber expression, "There are still over 100 documents left!"
Listening to the Nara Clan's words, Uchiha Takashi seemed to hear the call of death. He seemed to see a person with horns on their head, purple eyes with ripples, and a Sharingan beckoning to him.
Holy crap, that's the Sage of Six Paths!
Uchiha Takashi suddenly snapped back to reality. This was terrifying, absolutely terrifying! These documents could actually summon the Sage of Six Paths! This was outrageous!
Looking at the weather now, the sun seemed incredibly dazzling, and the weather incredibly hot. Instead of bright sunshine, it was clearly blazing sun, with flames raging overhead!
Uchiha Takashi took a few deep breaths. "Calm down, I need to calm down. Everything will be alright after the college entrance exam! I hope so..."
In the end, Uchiha Takashi, filled with immense grief, walked into the office like a prisoner walking to his execution. At that moment, a particular background music played very appropriately.
With a burning, unyielding spirit, I walk towards the most lenient execution ground...
That's pretty much what Uchiha Takashi was thinking. At this moment, he was once again wondering if anyone could come to his rescue.
Just then, Uchiha Shin suddenly burst into the office. "Clan leader! What kind of rubbish questions are these for a middle school entrance exam?"
Uchiha Takashi raised his head, and the Nara Clan assistant beside him also raised his head.
Uchiha Takashi looked up because he realized he could slack off again, while the Nara Clan assistant looked up because he had participated in setting the questions for the middle school entrance exam.
"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean? You have a big problem with the questions we set?" The Nara Clan's assistant slammed his hand on the table and said, "We set them exactly according to the textbook, okay?"
Uchiha Shin crossed his arms. "So you were the one who came up with that lousy question? What kind of question was that? I couldn't even understand it! What kind of question was that?"
The Nara Clan's assistant slammed his fist on the table. "What do you mean 'a question you can't understand is a bad question'? You're illiterate and uneducated, how can you blame the question? Have you no conscience?!"
Uchiha Shin turned his head away, spat, and said, "What conscience or conscience? All I know right now is that I can't even understand the questions. Military academy never taught this stuff; it's completely useless."
Uchiha Takashi turned to face his Nara Clan assistant, staring at him intently. Uchiha Takashi, "Don't military academies have academic courses?"
Nara Clan member (꒪Д꒪)ノ: "Do military academies even design academic courses? Aren't those something everyone already has?"
Uchiha Takashi (O_O;): "So military academies have never had any academic classes since they were established? Do you think those roughnecks who were Tenten fighting could even read?"
The Nara Clan assistant slapped his forehead. Damn it, what a lapse! How could he forget that the Uchiha were Tenten causing trouble? Where did they find the time and energy to learn to read?
Uchiha Takashi suddenly realized something: could it be that the Uchiha's poor administrative abilities were due to their low level of education?
Uchiha Takashi felt like he had discovered something incredible. It turned out that it wasn't that the Uchiha Clan was incompetent, but simply lacked cultural literacy?
Uchiha Shin frowned, looking at the two people talking, and said with considerable dissatisfaction, "Are you even listening to me? So what's the point of this middle school entrance exam? Will it help us fight a war, or help us defeat the Senju?"
Uchiha Takashi stroked his chin. "Well, in a sense, it can indirectly help us defeat the Senju. After all, a country's basic cultural level is quite important."